Vaṅkahāra
PlaceAlso known as Vaṅgahāra
마가다 남쪽에 있는 것으로 추정되는 인도의 한 지역으로, 장로니 짜빠의 출생지이며 우빠까가 처음에는 아지위까 고행자로, 후에는 그녀의 남편으로 살았던 곳이다.
A district in India, the birthplace of the Therī Cāpā. ThigA.220; but see SNA.i.259, where the country is called Vaṅga, not Vaṅkahāra.
It was probably to the south of Magadha (Sisters.132 f).
Upaka lived there for some time, first as an Ājīvaka and later as Cāpā’s husband.
The place is said to have been infested with fierce flies. MA.i.388.
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